Show FOREST NOTES Acco according iding to forest e officials the past somme pa has as bee naVery unusual one asfar as far as weather ind and range conditions in the region on pre are I 1 concerned southern utah and nevada experienced experienc eda a period of drouth even more acute that thit that of 1915 on some of the forests foresta scarcely a drop of rain fell during a period of approximately days this together with heavy frosts and generally unfavorable conditions du during ring the spring months resulted in ih a very light forage production in inson southern them idaho and western wyoming the rainfall was plentiful in some localities and unusually light in others the range conditions on the wyoming and eastern idaho forests were far above average ave raga on the lemlie lemhi salmon challis ka and sawtooth forests just the opposite conditions obtained while on the boise payette Pa yotte idaho and weiser forests the rainfall was again plentiful and distributed at timely intervals resulting in much better than an average season I 1 notwithstanding the be rather sporadic rainfall some of the best lambs ever put on the market were shipped from the in ter mountain forest ranges this season february and march lambs grown by the clinton sheep company of boise averaged 78 and 80 pounds at chi cago without a cut add to this approximately 8 pounds shrinkage in transit the average between idaho points and chicago alid and it is seen that these lambs produced a gross weight of 86 and 88 pounds up to the time they left the forest this case is not an exceptional exception i al one for the past se season asoia many othar outfits have done equally as well |